Description of Research Expertise

Clinical Outcomes Research in Spine Surgery

Selected Publications

Saifi C, Eby M, Arlet V: Surgical Planning Spinal Deformities: The Comprehensive Text, 2nd Edition : 2021.

Comron Saifi & Vincent Arlet: Structural Complications in Spinal Deformity Spinal Deformities: The Comprehensive Text, 2nd Edition : 2021.

Alexander Beschloss, John Mueller, Jon-Michael E Caldwell, Alex Ha, Joseph M Lombardi, Ali Ozturk, Ronald Lehman, Comron Saifi: Comparison of medical comorbidities in Medicare patients treated by orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons throughout the USA Bone & Joint Open : 2020.

Cesar D Lopez, Venkat Boddapati, Joseph M Lombardi, Nathan J Lee, Comron Saifi, Marc Dyrszka, Zeeshan Sardar, Lawrence G Lenke, Ronald A Lehman: Recent Trends in Medicare Utilization and Reimbursement for Lumbar Spine Fusion and Discectomy Procedures The Spine Journal : 2020.

Alexander Beschloss, Carol Wang, Comron Saifi: Adult Degenerative Scoliosis Video Atlas of Spine Surgery : 2020.

Philip K Louie, Andrew C Sexton, Danel D Bohl, Ehsan Tabaraee, Steven M Presciutti, Benjamin C Mayo, Justin C Paul, Comron Saifi, Howard S An: Rigid-Plating and Cortico-Cancellous Allograft Are Effective for 3-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes Neurospine : 2020.

M. Burhan Janjua, Ali K. Ozturk, Nissim Ackshota, Brendan J. McShane, Comron Saifi, William C. Welch, Vincent Arlet: Surgical treatment of flat back syndrome with anterior hyperlordotic cages Operative Neurosurgery : 2020.

Patricia Zadnik Sullivan, Ahmed Albayar, Ashwin G Ramayya, Brendan McShane, Paul Marcotte, Neil R Malhotra, Zarina S Ali, H Isaac Chen, M Burhan Janjua, Comron Saifi, James Schuster, M Sean Grady, Joshua Jones, Ali K Ozturk: Association of spinal instability due to metastatic disease with increased mortality and a proposed clinical pathway for treatment Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine : 2020.

Hendow C, Beschloss A, Cazzulino A, Lombardi JM, Louie P, Milby A, Pugely A, Ozturk A, Ludwig S, Saifi C: Change in Rates of Primary Atlantoaxial Spinal Fusion Surgeries in the United States (1993-2015) Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine : 2020.

Varthi AG, Saifi C, Whang PG: Spinal Column Infections Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 13 : 2020.

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Academic Contact Information

The Spine Center at Pennsylvania Hospital
University of Pennsylvania Health System
801 Spruce Street, 8th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-829-7155
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366